[central_va]

I think using a cell phone or i-phone in public should be consider a social tabu. Find a spot away from the public to talk or text.

[samtheman]

I think using a cell phone or i-phone in public should be consider a social tabu. Find a spot away from the public to talk or text.

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That’s just plain silly. I read books on my phone on the commuter train. Should that be prohibited? What about books? Also not allowed?

Texting while driving... Sure that should be illegal with very strong penalties. But looking at your phone while your sitting on a park bench?

You sound like a nanny-stater.

[arthurus]

I was a security guard at a beach resort. I watched a group of perhaps 20 young folks walking on the sidewalk past my guard shack. Every one of them had a cell phone to his head. The question occurred to me, “Are they talking to each other on those things? Do they know how to talk without them?”